RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Longtime Senate Leader Phil Berger’s son, Kevin Berger, says he is not running for Congress. It comes after a website, “KevinBergerForCongress.com” was created on Tuesday, according to two databases that track domains.

The day before, Republican Senator Berger said he and other Republicans will redraw Congressional maps in the state in an effort to preserve one Republican seat. He and Republican Representative Destin Hall say they want to protect President Donald Trump’s agenda.

In a text message to CBS 17, Kevin Berger wrote: “I am not running for Congress. Sam Page has made so much of a mess of the Sheriff’s Office, I am devoting my time to fixing the mess he made in Rockingham County.”

Page, also a Republican, is running against the elder Berger, who represents

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